Latest articles byDr. Zachary Porcu
What is Cabul in the Bible?
Cabul is a region of lower Galilee, in the north of what is now modern-day Israel. The words Cabul and Kabul seem to be the same place, as these are different ways of spelling the Hebrew word כבול. The name is mentioned in two ...
Pastor vs. Priest: What are the differences?
Christianity is a very old, very widespread religion, and so there’s been a lot of terminology built up over the centuries that can get confusing. There are pastors, bishops, ministers, deacons, vicars, cardinals, elders, and p...
Healing is the children's bread?
The pop-culture image of Jesus is that he was a “nice guy”. He was compassionate and gentle with everyone and certainly didn’t deliberately put people down or antagonize them. Or did he? There is a fascinating passage in the Go...
Where is Amenadiel in the Bible?
Amenadiel is a figure from the DC comic Lucifer – a Neil Gaiman comic subsequently released as a 6-season television series in 2016. Amenadiel is portrayed as the older brother of Lucifer and the eldest of the angelic siblings,...
Jesus went to Hell for 3 days as seen in Scripture
Because telling someone to “go to Hell” is an insult, the idea that Jesus went to Hell is probably a bit unnerving to many people. Yet the idea that Jesus descended into Hell when he died is, in fact, all over the writings of s...
What does Jehovah Tsidkenu mean?
Because the Bible is long, complex, and technical, it’s easy for people to take this or that part out of the Bible and get absorbed in endless details that seem dramatic and engaging but which may entirely miss the point of the...
Who was Tartak in the Bible?
Tartak is one of the idols mentioned in the second book of Kings (also called ”4th Kingdoms” in older Bibles) that were set up in Samaria by the people who were living there. 2 Kings chapter 17 describes the religious confusion...
What is the Walk to Emmaus weekend Cursillo retreat?
In the early twentieth century, there was a movement in Catholicism to develop what they called a “cursillo”, which means a “little course” (as in a course of study). A cursillo was a three-day weekend retreat, grounded in a se...